The behavior is that you joked several times about being sexually harassed or accused of sexual harassment. They were lighthearted-sounding jokes and I didn’t sense any malice behind them.” I know that if I don’t absolve him of evil intent up front, he might not listen at all. “But being harassed on the job is a common experience for women. I’ve been sexually harassed and it’s made it harder to do my job. So one impact is that I felt alienated by the repeated jokes.” So far, so good. Now for the kicker. “Also, it’s easy to unconsciously assume other people have had similar life experiences.
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